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Elements and Performance Criteria

Required Skills

This section describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit

Required skills

application of initial and final livestock drafting procedures

application of livestock penning procedures

application of paintbranding procedures

application of pre and postsale livestock weighing procedures

application of risk management strategies in the preparation of livestock for sale

computing skills to access agency databases send and receive emails and complete standard forms online

numeracy skills including the ability to perform and apply measurements and calculations

literacy skills including the ability to interpret industry documentation associated with livestock sales such as NVD and presale catalogues

planning organising and scheduling skills to undertake workrelated tasks such as arranging transport of livestock

written and verbal communication skills associated with livestock sales

Required knowledge and understanding

federal and state or territory legislation and local government regulations related to selling and transporting livestock including

animal health and welfare

antidiscrimination

brands and earmarks

chemical treatments and residues export slaughter intervals and withholding periods

consumer protection

financial probity

fees and charges

livestock sales and auctions

livestockspecific legislation and regulations

public liability

waybills including combined waybills

initial and final livestock drafting procedures

livestock including

pregnancy status

livestock penning procedures

livestock transport including

legislative requirements

national saleyard quality assurance scheme

paintbranding procedures

pre and postsale livestock weighing procedures

presale catalogue including

importance of accuracy of catalogue content

legislative requirements

misleading advertising

risks associated with the following aspects of preparing livestock for sale including

care and handling of livestock

chemical treatment and residues

client misrepresentation

inspection assessment and drafting of livestock

ownership of livestock and encumbrances

staff supervision

saleyard auctions

Evidence Required

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the performance criteria required skills and knowledge the range statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package

Overview of assessment

This unit of competency could be assessed through arranging the transport and delivery of livestock to saleyards as well as preparing the livestock for sale This would include demonstration of arranging livestock transport taking delivery of livestock at the saleyards drafting and penning livestock and checking and completing relevant documentation The demonstration and questioning would include collecting evidence of the candidates knowledge and application of ethical standards and relevant federal and state or territory legislation and regulations Targeted written including alternative formats where necessary or verbal questioning to assess the candidates underpinning knowledge would provide additional supporting evidence of competence Assessment may be carried out in a simulated or workplace environment

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate competency in this unit

A person who demonstrates competency in this unit must be able to provide evidence of

correctly completing documentation related to the sale of livestock including entry of livestock details into the sales register

correctly preparing presale catalogues according to sale requirements NVD and NLIS guidelines and regulations

accessing NLIS devices

safely and correctly applying procedures for taking delivery of drafting and penning livestock at saleyards

safely and correctly applying the procedure for paintbranding livestock

understanding and applying agency codes and relevant federal and state or territory legislation and regulations in relation to preparing livestock for sale

understanding and applying risk management strategies associated with the delivery drafting and penning of livestock

Context of and specific resources for assessment

Resource implications for assessment include access to

computerised or manual systems for recording information on livestock including the sales register and NLIS database

federal state and territory legislation and regulations relevant to livestock sales

livestock saleyard including staff and equipment required for taking delivery of livestock as well as drafting and penning livestock

NVD NLIS and other relevant documentation on livestock

Where applicable physical resources should include equipment modified for people with disabilities

Access must be provided to appropriate learning andor assessment support when required

Assessment processes and techniques must be culturally appropriate and appropriate to the language and literacy capacity of the candidate and the work being performed

Validity and sufficiency of evidence require that

competency will need to be demonstrated over a period of time reflecting the scope of the role and the practical requirements of the workplace

where the assessment is part of a structured learning experience the evidence collected must relate to a number of performances assessed at different points in time and separated by further learning and practice with a decision of competence only taken at the point when the assessor has complete confidence in the persons competence

all assessment that is part of a structured learning experience must include a combination of direct indirect and supplementary evidence

where assessment is for the purpose of recognition RCCRPL the evidence provided will need to be current and show that it represents competency demonstrated over a period of time

assessment can be through simulated projectbased activity and must include evidence relating to each of the elements in this unit

In all cases where practical assessment is used it will be combined with targeted questioning to assess the underpinning knowledge Questioning will be undertaken in such a manner as is appropriate to the language and literacy levels of the candidate and any cultural issues that may affect responses to the questions and will reflect the requirements of the competency and the work being performed

Range Statement

The range statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Bold italicised wording in the performance criteria is detailed below. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.

Transport requirements may include:	delivery location and time insurance loading requirements time and venue of pick up type of vehicle.
Risks may be associated with:	care and handling of livestock chemical treatment and residues inspection, assessment and drafting of livestock ownership of livestock and encumbrances saleyards staff supervision transport.
Labour requirements may include:	number of staff person hours skills of staff timing.
Staff may include:	company staff contractors. saleyard staff.
Livestock may include:	alpacas cattle deer goats horses ostriches pigs sheep.
Delivery details may include:	curfew feeding livestock details NLIS scanning penning requirements time and date of delivery.
Pre-sale catalogues may include:	accreditation information history of chemical treatment and exposure hormonal growth promotant (HGP) lifetime traceable names and addresses of sellers NLIS device period of ownership if not bred on seller's property property of origin stockfeeds used.
Weighing may include:	post-sale pre-sale.
Information on livestock may include:	age and sex average weight category of livestock chemical status HGP NLIS time and date of arrival at saleyard, if applicable district of origin lot number number of livestock pregnancy status seller's name time of weighing total weight.